Pastors

Rod moved to Tallahassee in 1973 to attend Florida State University. Just before graduation, a friend invited him to Grace Church where he was immediately drawn to expositional bible teaching. A few years after graduating from college, he married his wife, Ann, and they were off to Dallas Seminary to prepare for ministry. While working in the business world for a short time, God opened the door for their family to move back to Tallahassee. In December 1985, he became…

Doug started at Grace Church in 2000 as a youth ministry intern while he was a student at Florida State. After graduating from FSU (B.A. in Music), he left for Louisville, Kentucky to attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Doug graduated in 2007 with a Masters of Divinity. He then returned to Grace as the full time youth pastor. He currently oversees the middle and high school programs. Doug and his wife, Carrie, have three sons, Caleb, Hudson, and Owen,…

Ben began attending Grace Church in 1997 just before beginning high school. After graduating from Leon High School, he became a student at Florida State University. During his time at Florida State, he began a two year internship in youth ministry at Grace Church through XL Ministries. In June of 2004 he married Beth. After graduating from Florida State with a degree in Communication and finishing his internship, he and his wife moved to Louisville, Kentucky for him to attend…